PSC Men's Soccer player earns LEC Weekly Honor

PLYMOUTH, N.H. - A midfielder for the Plymouth
State College men's soccer team received Honorable Mention from the
Little East Conference for his performance this past week.

Junior Kevin Martin (Foxboro, MA) was
recognized by the LEC, helping the team complete a 16-0-2 regular
season. Martin scored a goal that gave PSC a lead in a 4-0 win over
Rivier last Wednesday night. The junior demonstrated great passing
ability by dishing out two assists last Saturday in a 2-0 win over
Brandeis. Martin finishes out the regular season 3rd on the team
with 16 points. The midfielder has played in all 18 games scoring
five goals and passing for six assists.

Plymouth State finished the regular season ranked #1 in the New
England Region and #3 in the nation in Division III, as voted by
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. The Panthers
are the top seed in the New England Regional of the NCAA Division
III National Championship Tournament, and will host the semi-finals
and final Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 14-15) at Panther Field.

PSC, led by head coach Shawn Griffin, will play
the winner of Wednesday's game between No. 4 Amherst (12-2) and No.
5 Keene State (15-5) Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Second-seeded
Middlebury (13-1) plays the other semi-final game Saturday at 1:30
p.m. against the winner of Wednesday's game between No. 3 Williams
(13-1) and No. 6 Bowdoin (11-3). The New England Regional title
game will be played on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at Panther Field.

PANTHER NOTES: PSC forward Jesse
Elderkin (Concord, NH) leads the offense with 34 points on
15 goals and four assists. The Panther forward finishes 3rd in the
LEC averaging 1.89 points per game. Elderkin has scored at least
one goal in 11 of the 18 games played this season. Sean
Higgins (Foxboro, MA) is first in the LEC and 3rd in the
NCAA Division III with a remarkable 0.34 goals against average, and
tied for the league lead with eight shutouts. Coming off the bench
for PSC is forward Antoine Moiboueyi (Gabon,
Africa), who has helped the Panthers by putting on a strong second
half surge. The rookie has scored all 11 of his goals in the last
12 games, including two game winners.